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ebonsell(at)earthlink.net
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 4:50 am Post subject: Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd)

Hi Pat,



That sounds great. Are there any photo's or film?



Ed

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 Time: 01:49:35 AM PST US

 From: "Pat Ladd" <pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com>

 Subject: Remembrance Day



 Hi All,



 Not strictly Kolb, but certainly ultralight related.



 I don`t know if this gets reported in the US but all UK casualties  

 from

 Afghanistan etc , alive and dead are flown in to Lyneham  which is the

 HQ of Transport Command.



 Consequently all coffins are taken through the streets of Wootten  

 Basset

 which is the nearest small town. The coffin is driven slowly as in a

 funeral with an undertaker in top hat, black suit and a long cane,

 walking ahead.  It has become the practice for the whole town, plus

 friends and relatives of the dead, with representatives of local Ex

 servicemens organisations to stand, heads bowed, as the procession

 drives slowly by. They stop at intervals while flowers are put on the

 coffins.  This whole thing happens much too often.

 Somewhat as a by product of the feelings engendered by the constant

 showing of this on TV  a fund called Help the Heroes has been set up  

 and

 many organisations have held rallies etc.and made contributions

 A few months ago hundreds of bikers rode through Wootten Basset   to

 show support and this sparked the idea of a flypast of ultralights.

 Organisation was very tricky as Wootten Bassett is within Lyneham

 Control Zone. They were however very cooperative, and Kemble, a local

 airfield just outside the zone, agreed to act as the starting point.

 All the usual problems of briefing such a large number of pilots on

 rendezvous, turning points, landing fields for aircraft after  

 dispersal

 etc, were overcome and finally 135 ultralights flew together,  

 including

 a special `missing man` formation over the town.

 Apparently the multiple take offs from Kemble were quite spectacular.

 Ultralight pilots are not trained in formation flying but the whole

 group managed to fly together over the town  without incident.

 There was considerable coverage in the local press and on TV and the

 Mayor of Wootten basset wrote aletter of appreciation to our

 organisation..

 A thoroughly worthwhile project, well organised and executed which can

 only foster a good opinion of ultralights which suffers too often from

 negative reporting of crashes, noise and nuisance.



 Cheers



 Pat

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Sat Nov 13, 2010 10:45 am Post subject: Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd)

Hi ed,



I have contacted The |Brit Micro Assoc to see if there is an net  address 

you could tap into. i will send dteails if I can get them.

Alternative is for me to try and take some pics of the photo`s which 

appeared in the Micro Magazine. Not likely to be very good.

we will see



Pat

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 12:10 pm Post subject: Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd)

Hi,

go to youtube. Microlight. .Wootton Basset.



A couple of vids there.



Pat

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Posted: Sun Nov 14, 2010 4:26 pm Post subject: Remembrance Day (Pat Ladd)

we went to homers hanger last sumer and took several pics of the layout including the planes in his hanger   I,m setting up a slide show and will have it dun soon

we also will have several of the firestar 2 thats for sale    if anyone is interested     mal 

Malcolm Brubaker 

Michigan Sport

Pilot Repair 

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(989)513-3022  



 

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Hi,

go to youtube. Microlight. .Wootton AeroElectric www.f="http://www.buildersbooks.com/" target=_blank>www.buildersbooks.com

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